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I haven't had tried other companies and thanks for giving me some encouragement. I don't need vacinaitons, I mainly needed the insurance to get eyedrops for my glaucoma. I know about Social Security destroying the data of my appointment with the psychologist. My mom tried getting it twice and they keep refusing to.

;n; it's ridiculous. And from a soon to be working nurse standpoint (I will be having my license in about a year), I just hope that this healthcare plan has some preparations on how to get more people in the medical field, or else nursing is gonna take more of a radical change like it is in Europe and other places that have universal healthcare as a national standard. Because with a nation as big as USA is, you're gonna need a shitton of healthcare workers to adequately meet the needs of the people. We've already got a nursing and doctor shortage as it is, between expenses (nursing school is hella expensive, can't imagine costs to be a doctor, also I have to get malpractice insurance now) and classroom space (there's no incentive for nurses to go get a master's degree and teach financially) to teach the next generation of nurses and most hospitals are cutting back on clinical space because of the costs. So your future nurses will be more familiar with simulation mannequins than humans.


But seriously, it really sucks how the system works right now. Personally, I'd think a national program, plus, if you have the money to continue on private insurance, would be more of a win-win, provided that there's enough to meet the needs of the populace.

Cos if not, you can have fun like patients in Japan where overworked healthcare workers do when there's low participation from having a pay cut. Still, their focus on preventative medicine is really awesome, and that's really the key to cutting down majority of healthcare costs in general. It's a two way street to affordable healthcare.

s**t, I mean, I got into nursing because I wanted to help people. But y'know what? I'd like to make decent wages for how difficult it is to pass the school and to pay back all my student loans I accumulated too. Part of me is torn, because I understand completely why health insurance really needs to be made affordable. But how much is affordable to patients, and how much is affordable to healthcare professionals who spend a lot of time and money to get their degree?I mean, you want the best of care and you want people who are proficient at taking care of you, right? Then you factor in research with drugs and evidenced-based care, and suddenly the cost of things seem much more realistic. Dealing with bureaucratic parties within the healthcare system is a huge part of making this transition, of course.

/long winded reply. I have many feels about this since I became a lot more acquainted with the costs of medical care. Nobody should be denied healthcare, but I hope there's a better way to apply it without burning the candle at both ends.

Congrats, Slick.


*sigh* Buyer's remorse is awful. The first gen is too tempting not to buy of Modus, I thought i'd like the 5th gen, but I'm too impatient. I don't know what else to sell so I can get close to it or a 2nd gen.

I now remember why I stopped chancing my arm in the art freebies forum.
I've easily posted in over twenty threads and I've only gotten one reply. I understand that they are freebies and no-one is obliged to draw anything, but it does get a bit disheartening when your request is ignored/turned down time and time again. sweatdrop [Mind you, it still beats trying to wade through all the over-priced art shops.] I wish some of the artists I commissioned before were still around...

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this sounds like my kind of luck. Like for srs.

I can't understand why people wouldn't draw you. You fit like 99% of artist requirements.

I get why people don't wanna draw me, cos I'm dressed as a hairy muscular non bishie dude with facial hair, horns and goatlegs.

u guys do know that i will draw you things if you throw enough gold at me right

http://princeichi.deviantart.com/gallery/

i'm not the best but I think i'm at least a little better than half the super over priced desu......

It's consoling to hear I'm not the only person who has bad luck with these things. gonk

All the people I've come so far (with one exception) haven't even been interested enough in my avatar to quote me and say "sorry no thanks", let a mind actually draw me.I can only guess that people are either allergic to drawing armor or my avatar isn't the right kind of 'feminine'.(Elegant as opposed to cute.)

I would love to commission you Ichi but the most I could afford to pay you would be a million,(if I sold few things) and I'm guessing that wouldn't be nearly enough to commission an artist of your caliber.(I don't know what you're saying about not being the best, you're an excellent artist.) The other problem is a lot of the good artists on Gaia will only accept RL commissions these days, which aren't an option for me because I don't have my own credit card. Those who do accept gold commission have to be bribed with ultra rare items and have huge waiting lists. That's not even getting into the fact that buying art can often be a bit of a gamble anyway. The last piece of art I ordered was nowhere near, in my opinion, the standard of the artist's samples. However I had already paid and felt like I wasn't in a position to complain or ask for a refund.

Pssh, my bad luck was so bad that I was drunk when I made my shop.
Like, I was really pissed at this chick who was advertising that she wanted to expand her horizons and draw guys that aren't bishies with horns [mind you, I was wasted on whiskey at the time]. I asked if she would draw mine, and I'd be willing to pay more than her base price/tip her ect if she drew Slick. Then she was all LOLOLOL NO I MEAN DUDES WITHOUT FACIAL HAIR AND HORNS. All the guys she selected were most def bishie like characters. Thus, my art shack was born because I got super pissed at that. xd

Which is probably why even like 100 sober edits later my OP still reeks of butthurt drunkeness. Which is fine by me, and surprisingly seems to attract people to my shop lol

Ach, it's that regal, armor look. I'd totally agree that's why people wouldn't draw your character, which is sad, because it's nice to see something other than desu chicks. Not like there's anything wrong with them, I comment on people's profiles that have really cute avatars that catch my eye, but y'know, it gets tedious after awhile seein the same old things.

Ugh, I hear you on the commission woes. I paid a chick 500k for this once piece and I was liek

...this is not near the quality close to your samples I have been looking for. emotion_facepalm I made up for the loss in commissions, buuuuuut it still bugs me. And I kinda regret payin for it. Eh, you learn when it comes to buying art how to roll. Thankfully the other commissions I paid for yielded much better results after that frustration.